Engero 5
1 Mutabani, ossangayo omwoyo eri ebiragiro byange, era owulirizanga bulungi ebigambo byange eby’amagezi,
My son, attend to my wisdom, [and] bow thy ear to my understanding:
2 olyoke oyige okusalawo okw’amagezi, era akamwa ko kavengamu eby’obutegevu.
That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.
3 Kubanga emimwa gy’omukazi omwenzi gitonnya omubisi gw’enjuki, n’ebigambo bye biweweevu okusinga omuzigo;
For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] a honey-comb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
4 naye enkomerero ya byonna, akaawa ng’omususa era asala ng’ekitala eky’obwogi obubiri.
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. (Sheol h7585)
6 Tafaayo ku kkubo lya bulamu, amakubo ge gaakyamakyama dda, naye nga takimanyi.
Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, [that] thou canst not know [them].
7 Kaakano, batabani bange mumpulirize, temuvanga ku bigambo bya kamwa kange.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Mwewalenga omukazi oyo era temusembereranga luggi lwa nnyumba ye;
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9 si kulwa nga mufiirwa ekitiibwa kyammwe, n’okumalira ebiseera byammwe ku oyo alina ettima,
Lest thou give thy honor to others, and thy years to the cruel:
10 ate si kulwa nga b’otolina ky’obamanyiiko bakwavuwaza, n’amaanyi go n’ogamalira ku maka g’omulala.
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors [be] in the house of a stranger;
11 Ku nkomerero y’obulamu bwo olisinda, ennyama yo n’omubiri gwo nga biweddewo.
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12 Oligamba nti, “Nga nakyawa okulabulwa, n’omutima gwange ne gukyawa okunenyezebwa,
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
13 era ne sigondera ddoboozi ly’abasomesa bange, wadde okussaayo omwoyo eri abo abampanga amagezi.
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to them that instructed me!
14 Ntuuse ku njegoyego z’okuzikirira nga ndi wakati mu kuŋŋaaniro ly’ekibiina.”
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15 Onoonywanga amazzi ag’omu kidiba kyo, n’amazzi agava mu luzzi lwo goonoonywanga.
Drink waters out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well.
16 Ensulo zo zisaanye okukulukutira mu nguudo, n’enzizi zo mu bifo ebigazi eby’omu kibuga?
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.
17 Leka bibeere bibyo wekka, bireme kugabanibwako b’otomanyiiko n’akamu.
Let them be only thy own, and not for strangers with thee.
18 Kale leka ensulo yo ebeere n’omukisa, era osanyuke ne mukazi wo ow’omu buvubuka bwo.
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19 Ng’ennangaazi eyeeyagaza n’empeewo esanyusa, leka okusuuta kwe kukumalenga ennaku zonna era naye akwetoloozenga okwagala kwe.
[Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20 Lwaki mwana wange osendebwasendebwa omukazi omwenzi, n’ogwa mu kifuba ky’omukazi w’omusajja omulala?
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 Kubanga Mukama alaba amakubo g’omuntu gonna, era n’akebera n’amakubo ge gonna.
For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
22 Ebikolwa by’omukozi w’ebibi bimufuukira omutego, era emiguwa gy’ebikolwa bye ebibi girimusibira ddala.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
23 Alifa, kubanga yagaana okwekuuma, era alizikirira olw’obusirusiru bwe obungi.
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
